The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-07-28
SUNSTROaNES,

ject Of sunsiroke is taken from
the Cincinnati Enquirer and will
be found very interesting:
DIR. A. N. Ellis, of the Firs.
Regiment, in the course of long
talk with a reporter of the Enquir-
er at his Office yesterday afternoon.
spoke as follows in regard to the
causes and consequences of extreme
heat on the human body:
Yes, | have seen many cases of
sunstroke during the score Of years
| have been physician. and can
recall some terrible scenes of coma,
commissions and sud den death. The
third week in July, 1851, was IL
fearful time, and more than five
hundred people in this city died
from the extreme heat. l attended
some twenty cases during the spell
and of that number five died and
TWO BECAME PERMANENTLY INSALE.
The immediate cause of sunstroke
is believed TO be interference with
evaporation and radiation from the
skin, so that the blood is overheat-
ed, and thus exeris an injurious and
depressing effect upon the nerve
centcrs. A moist atmosphere ,s
worse than a dry one. Given a
cloudy day. with the mercury at 80
degrees, and the air charged with
watery vapor, and you will have
three times as many cases rs when
the thermometer shows 100 degrees
together with dry air and clear
sky. One reason why there are
more deaths from the heat of sum-
mer IN New York than in Cincinna
ii is that In the former place there
is vast amount of invisible va por
always present in the air. owing to
the nearness of the sea. Once when
l was a student there, just after the
war, / saw a hackman fall dead from
his box-kllled as quick as if "A can
non ball had struck him, for he was
dead by the time he struck the
ground. It's
A MISTAKEN NOTION
To think that sun stroke only oc
ours by day. 1 have seen many pa
tlents affected by night and once on
tho plains saw number of soldiers
taken after they had gone to their
tents.
The duration of The worst cases is
from a few minutes TO from four or
five hours.
Whenever you see violent convul-
siOns look out for trouble. 1t is a
sign of dire import"
"Would you move tho patient to
his home Or a hospital or treat him
as near where he he is taken as pos
slble ?"
some distant point. Take him into
the first drug store or doctors office
aed work with him until he begins
10 revive. 1t will pay you big.
IF HE DIES
1t will not be your fault.''
"How high may the temperature
run in fatal case e.
"Wel now yon speak to me of
what Is mystery. In three Or
four cases have seen 1t 20 up to
1I2o. Why, l know not. As /
have already said the force of the
stroke Is spent upon the nerve cen-
ters.'
Post mortem appearances are flu
idity of the blood, congestion of the
brain and lungs, and sometimes dll
atation of the right side of the
heart. There is not an insane asy.
lum in the country but what has
many cases from sunstroke, and the
pension rolls at Washington speak
of the same thing, and yet why loss
of reason should come in that way
is mystery to me. The most care
full dissection and mlcroscopical ex-
amintion
OF THE HUMAN BRAIN
Very often are unable to detect the
slightest change in the brain struct
ure.
Heat and dryness of the skin,
marked debility, sense of exhaus>
Lation, thirst. nausea, and vertigo
are the usual symptoms. Very fire.
quently there Is pain in the head
and e sense of fullness and oppress-
ion in the region of The stomach.
Now, right hero it is of the utmost
importance that We point out the
fact that there are two distinct |
types of sunstroko. In the first the
patient lies in an unnatural sleep,
and can not be aroused. HIS face
Is pale, exIremities cold. pulse weak,
or Frustrated, the forces
carrying on the circulation giving
way, and death may soon take place
,y syncope. Be quick;
THERE is NO TINE TO LOSE.
5lvc hlmsa tablespoonful of good
brandy, and repeat the dose every
fifteen minutes. until there is an i'm
'rovement in the pulse. Apply a
mustard plaster on the whole extent
If the spire, snd friction and arti-
icial heat TO the eX.remities. Keep
his up, and You will sood see your
abors rewarded by signs of return
ng consciousness.
Passing III recflr ON We coma 70 this